---
id: 587d824d367417b2b2512c52
title: Test if a Value is a String
challengeType: 2
---
## Description
As a reminder, this project is being built upon the following starter project on Glitch, or cloned from GitHub.
#isString asserts that the actual value is a string.
## Instructions
## Tests
```yml
tests:
- text: All tests should pass
testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => { assert.equal(data.state,'passed'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
- text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[0].method, 'isNotString', 'A float number is not a string'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
- text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[1].method, 'isString', 'environment vars are strings (or undefined)'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
- text: Choose the right assertion - isString vs. isNotString
testString: getUserInput => $.get(getUserInput('url') + '/_api/get-tests?type=unit&n=12').then(data => { assert.equal(data.assertions[2].method, 'isString', 'A JSON is a string'); }, xhr => { throw new Error(xhr.responseText); })
```
## Challenge Seed
## Solution
```js
// solution required
```